Litigation

Combining leading legal expertise and industry knowledge with high capacity to work efficiently across the Iberian Peninsula using a local approach

Thanks to our indisputable leadership position in litigation, we act for Iberian and foreign clients in all industries, in and out of court, providing tailored and specialist advice on all commercial, civil, tax, labor and public law issues. Our Litigation Practice has over 200 highly qualified lawyers organized into specialized work teams (both by legal specialty and market knowledge). Their experience and knowledge of local courts ensure the most efficient and successful approach to each case.

In addition to defending clients’ interests, Cuatrecasas carries out intense preventive counseling with a view to avoiding court proceedings and, if the case does go to trial, to guaranteeing the client a strong procedural position. Our lawyers often use alternative dispute resolution methods, which occasionally substitute or are carried out at the same time as the court proceeding, to finalize it or reduce the conflicts of interest and financial risks. We represent clients in all types of national and foreign arbitration courts.

Arbitration: As the leading law firm in this sector, we regularly represent national and international clients at pre-litigation stages and during arbitration proceedings, handling complex disputes within different economic sectors that require specialized legal advice and the expertise of arbitrators. We specialize in international disputes related to construction and engineering agreements; the protection of international investments (ICSID); international sales, purchases and supplies; service contracts; mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures; shareholders and corporate disputes; and commercial, distribution and agency agreements, among others.

Civil and commercial: We represent our clients in civil liability actions, corporate disputes and directors’ liability, enforcements, civil and commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions, competition law, and family and inheritance proceedings.

Corporate compliance: We advise companies on the most effective systems of regulatory compliance and criminal prevention.

Criminal law: We prosecute and defend alleged corporate crimes: financial (such as crimes against the tax authorities, corporate, fraud, misappropriations and funding fraud), environmental, crimes related to professional activities, crimes against public authorities, breach of company secrets, extraditions, etc.

Labor: We represent companies and top executives in all types of labor proceedings, including labor administrative offenses.

Public: We assist with interim measures, pre-contract litigation, and public and administrative contract litigation, and challenging administrative acts and rules and the non-contractual liability of state and public bodies.

Restructuring and insolvency: We respond to the different legal problems that crisis situations cause for creditors, in recovering and defending their credits and improving payment guarantees, and for debtors, in financial, corporate, tax, labor, criminal and procedural fields.

Tax litigation: We have extensive experience in tax, procedural and administrative law, to offer clients the best defense of their interests as taxpayers in all types of proceedings, appeals and disputes with the tax authorities.